With many distributions with the later 2.4.x kernels (>2.4.15 I think), the PCMCIA cardbus services has been merged into the kernel with the YENTA socket. While this works with most laptops it also have problems with many others. Usually, the kernel messages will state that the card is detected correctly but then the ard will not respond to any ping messages in or out. If your laptop does have this problem then you will need the older modular cardbus services through the PCMCIA-CS package. The information and source can be found at the Linux PCMCIA Information page. The solution for this is not for the faint of heart. It requires a recompilation of the kernel in order to disable the kernel PCMCIA implementation and install the PCMCIA-cs as a module. Again, the best source for Linux information such as kernel compilation can be found at the Linux Howtos. Also, Linux on Laptops provides many useful information on installing Linux on laptops As of 2006/2007, the Yenta socket in the 2.6 series kernel is quite stable. It should now works properly with most if not all previously unsupported laptops. Screen garbles after changing between X Windows and console This is a relatively common problem with Linux on laptops. In the kernel call line in Grub or LILO, make sure that the vga=7xx line is included so that the kernel locks to a particular native LCD resolution. Some common vga= values for 16-bit color are: 800x600 vga=788 1024x768 vga=791 1280x1024 vga=794

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I DNT KNOW WERE U CAN FIND THAT, **** i can give you a nice idea on how to get all the infos you need, **** u need to be a basic linux user! what you say!
burning a live cd (any linux live cd, puppy!) the kernel will autodetect all your drivers, after the boot, there is an icon on the desktope named "connect", (only in puppy linux), and there you can try to connect, and plus you can see all the infos about your wirless driver ;)
gd luck

For most of the linux distributions,
ATI Video Card Drivers are the hardest to get working, since it is
not normally included in the installation. Linux would still normally
work since it has a basic VESA driver installation but it would not
have any 3D effects, which is one of the things Linux users would
crave to have on their system.

With the 3D effects, changing
the desktop or the workspace, makes linux usage fun and exciting. To
have that, we need the drivers for the video card that allows 3D
Acceleration.

For ATI Video cards, here are the steps to
follow to install the driver on linux.

1) Make sure that you
have updated your kernel to the latest version.2) Go to this link
--> "http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx"

This
is where you can download any ATI Video Card driver. Make sure to
pick the right linux type because there are two items on the list to
choose from either Linux x86 or x86_64. The latter part is for 64 Bit
systems. Then choose your ATI Product Family like Radeon,
FirePro and so on. Then choose your product from the list and click
go. Download the latest driver with ATI catalyst onto a folder in
your hard drive.

3) You need to go to the terminal console. On
ubuntu it would be Terminal on mandriva it is KTerminal or whatever
terminal you are used to. Change to the directory of the download. (
e.g. "chdir /home/myusername/Downloads")

4) To run
the installation you need to be an administrator or a SuperUser.
There are a couple of ways to do it and it is dependent on what
distribution you are using. For ubuntu, kubuntu or any other
debian type linux distributions first you need to type in "sudo"
then the command or the name of the executable file or script. For
example for your ati driver: "sudo
./ati-driver-installer-10-4-x86.x86_64.run ". The press enter.
It may ask for a password, so you have to type it in.

For
other distributions, like mandriva or redhat, you need to be a
superuser or login as a super user in the terminal before you do the
command or run the executable. So you first type in "su"
then press enter. After that it would ask you for the password. Type
it in and then press enter. Then type the command or name of
executable like "./ati-driver-installer-10-4-x86.x86_64.run "
then press enter.

5) After you have run the installation you
will get the installation screen just make sure to just follow the
steps or normally keep clicking next.

6) When you are done
installing the driver make sure to restart the system.

NOTES /
TIPS:Linux normally gets updates almost every week, which would
sometimes include an update of the kernel. When this happens, your
ati driver would not work on reboot. On some instances, you would
even just go to a black screen or it would crash and stop on the
splash screen at the start of the linux boot process. For you to
prevent this from happening make sure that you have a copy of the
driver you installed or better yet make sure that you have an updated
copy of the driver. If you are able to go into linux but found that
you do not have the 3D capability. Reinstall the driver again. If you
are not able to go to linux go to the repair option at the start of
the boot process. From there install the Driver. Then restart the
computer.

if it is not or if you don't know, then just go into setting when you first boot up your computer by either pressing F2 or the Delete button.then go into your bios and find where the plug and play is and enable it then save and exit. reboot and then see if it detects the nic card. if that doesn't work then you would need a pro to install for you. let me know if that helps or if you have any other questions.

Try installing first the windows xp.Make two apartments and install the
Xp on the one.The other one format it,boot with the linux cd and try to
install it to the empty apartment.Be sure that your system supports the
linux kernel because some of the CPU brands don't support the linux OS;S.

The problem is that Express Gate uses a cut down installation of Linux embedded on the motherboard to allow you to boot the computer in a very basic mode to access the internet to check email etc. Linux supports most network cards but it will not natively support your USB mobile broadband device. I managed to get my Vodafone aircard working in Linux, but you need to add drivers and kernel support for it and i'm pretty sure that won't be possible with the embedded cut down Linux that Express Gate uses.....

A lot of linux distribution comes with a modified driver that does not work in many cases. If you find that your card does not work, it's very likely that this is the cause. To correct this, you will have to download and compile the driver from Scyld.com The mailing list is also very useful. The original writer of the drivers, Donald Becker is usually there to help answer your questions. In Ubuntu Linux (6.10 and 6.06), the Tulip driver causes lockups during the installation routine. However, once Ubuntu is installed the Tulip driver works properly. Quite a strange problem. If the above does not work, and you are using a Cardbus PCMCIA card, then it may be the following problem:

Since version 7.3, Redhat have removed support for ISA devices. If you have a older computer that uses an ISA sound device (such as my Asus L7200 laptop with Yamaha OPL3 chip), the ISA device will not be recognized. What you need to do is to download the ISAPNPTOOLS package. Unzip and untar the file and then follow the readme file's instruction to compile, install and configure it. You will also need to add the sound device module to /etc/modules.conf. After that the sound should work. Refer to the Linux Howtos for more information. Since 2005, Linux ALSA sound architecture support pretty much have eliminated that issue even for ISA sound devices.

in laptop dvd-rom/rw will there from that you can install microsoft officeexternal drive will work on linux operating system also maximum drives will detect some drives will not detect ask before purchasing the drive if it compitable to linux